diff --git a/azure-pipelines.yml b/azure-pipelines.yml
index 52251a33315776..014643655376d8 100644
--- a/azure-pipelines.yml
+++ b/azure-pipelines.yml
@@ -3,163 +3,6 @@ resources:
   fetchDepth: 1
 
 phases:
-- phase: linux_clang
-  displayName: linux-clang
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get -y install git gcc make libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev tcl tk gettext git-email zlib1g-dev apache2-bin &&
-
-       export CC=clang || exit 1
-
-       ci/install-dependencies.sh
-       ci/run-build-and-tests.sh || {
-           ci/print-test-failures.sh
-           exit 1
-       }
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-build-and-tests.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'linux-clang'
-      platform: Linux
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: linux_gcc
-  displayName: linux-gcc
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get -y install git gcc make libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev tcl tk gettext git-email zlib1g-dev apache2-bin || exit 1
-
-       ci/install-dependencies.sh
-       ci/run-build-and-tests.sh || {
-           ci/print-test-failures.sh
-           exit 1
-       }
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-build-and-tests.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'linux-gcc'
-      platform: Linux
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: osx_clang
-  displayName: osx-clang
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted macOS
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       export CC=clang
-
-       ci/install-dependencies.sh
-       ci/run-build-and-tests.sh || {
-           ci/print-test-failures.sh
-           exit 1
-       }
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-build-and-tests.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'osx-clang'
-      platform: macOS
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: osx_gcc
-  displayName: osx-gcc
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted macOS
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       ci/install-dependencies.sh
-       ci/run-build-and-tests.sh || {
-           ci/print-test-failures.sh
-           exit 1
-       }
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-build-and-tests.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'osx-gcc'
-      platform: macOS
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: gettext_poison
-  displayName: GETTEXT_POISON
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get -y install git gcc make libssl-dev libcurl4-openssl-dev libexpat-dev tcl tk gettext git-email zlib1g-dev &&
-
-       export jobname=GETTEXT_POISON || exit 1
-
-       ci/run-build-and-tests.sh || {
-           ci/print-test-failures.sh
-           exit 1
-       }
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-build-and-tests.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'gettext-poison'
-      platform: Linux
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
 - phase: windows
   displayName: Windows
   condition: succeeded()
@@ -215,7 +58,7 @@ phases:
          . ci/lib.sh
 
          make -j10 DEVELOPER=1 NO_PERL=1 || exit 1
-         NO_PERL=1 NO_SVN_TESTS=1 GIT_TEST_OPTS=\"--quiet --write-junit-xml\" time make -j15 -k DEVELOPER=1 test || {
+         NO_PERL=1 NO_SVN_TESTS=1 GIT_TEST_OPTS=\"--no-chain-lint --no-bin-wrappers --quiet --write-junit-xml\" time make -j15 -k DEVELOPER=1 test || {
            NO_PERL=1 NO_SVN_TESTS=1 GIT_TEST_OPTS=\"-i -v -x\" make -k -C t failed; exit 1
          }
 
@@ -237,89 +80,3 @@ phases:
       platform: Windows
       publishRunAttachments: false
     condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: linux32
-  displayName: Linux32
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get -y install \
-           apt-transport-https \
-           ca-certificates \
-           curl \
-           software-properties-common &&
-       curl -fsSL https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu/gpg | sudo apt-key add - &&
-       sudo add-apt-repository \
-          "deb [arch=amd64] https://download.docker.com/linux/ubuntu \
-          $(lsb_release -cs) \
-          stable" &&
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo apt-get -y install docker-ce &&
-
-       sudo AGENT_OS="$AGENT_OS" BUILD_BUILDNUMBER="$BUILD_BUILDNUMBER" BUILD_REPOSITORY_URI="$BUILD_REPOSITORY_URI" BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH="$BUILD_SOURCEBRANCH" BUILD_SOURCEVERSION="$BUILD_SOURCEVERSION" SYSTEM_PHASENAME="$SYSTEM_PHASENAME" SYSTEM_TASKDEFINITIONSURI="$SYSTEM_TASKDEFINITIONSURI" SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECT="$SYSTEM_TEAMPROJECT" CC=$CC MAKEFLAGS=-j3 bash -lxc ci/run-linux32-docker.sh || exit 1
-
-       sudo chmod a+r t/out/TEST-*.xml
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-linux32-docker.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-  - task: PublishTestResults@2
-    displayName: 'Publish Test Results **/TEST-*.xml'
-    inputs:
-      mergeTestResults: true
-      testRunTitle: 'linux32'
-      platform: Linux
-      publishRunAttachments: false
-    condition: succeededOrFailed()
-
-- phase: static_analysis
-  displayName: StaticAnalysis
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get install -y coccinelle &&
-
-       export jobname=StaticAnalysis &&
-
-       ci/run-static-analysis.sh || exit 1
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/run-static-analysis.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
-
-- phase: documentation
-  displayName: Documentation
-  condition: succeeded()
-  queue:
-    name: Hosted Ubuntu 1604
-  steps:
-  - bash: |
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || ci/mount-fileshare.sh //gitfileshare.file.core.windows.net/test-cache gitfileshare "$GITFILESHAREPWD" "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-
-       sudo apt-get update &&
-       sudo rm /var/lib/apt/lists/lock &&
-       sudo apt-get install -y asciidoc xmlto asciidoctor &&
-
-       export ALREADY_HAVE_ASCIIDOCTOR=yes. &&
-       export jobname=Documentation &&
-
-       ci/test-documentation.sh || exit 1
-
-       test "$GITFILESHAREPWD" = '$(gitfileshare.pwd)' || sudo umount "$HOME/test-cache" || exit 1
-    displayName: 'ci/test-documentation.sh'
-    env:
-      GITFILESHAREPWD: $(gitfileshare.pwd)
diff --git a/t/README b/t/README
index 9028b47d923ca0..31b0daed95525c 100644
--- a/t/README
+++ b/t/README
@@ -169,6 +169,15 @@ appropriately before running "make".
 	implied by other options like --valgrind and
 	GIT_TEST_INSTALLED.
 
+--no-bin-wrappers::
+	By default, the test suite uses the wrappers in
+	`../bin-wrappers/` to execute `git` and friends. With this option,
+	`../git` and friends are run directly. This is not recommended
+	in general, as the wrappers contain safeguards to ensure that no
+	files from an installed Git are used, but can speed up test runs
+	especially on platforms where running shell scripts is expensive
+	(most notably, Windows).
+
 --root=<directory>::
 	Create "trash" directories used to store all temporary data during
 	testing under <directory>, instead of the t/ directory.
diff --git a/t/t0061-run-command.sh b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
index 43ff4939adfb5f..0215c969444e98 100755
--- a/t/t0061-run-command.sh
+++ b/t/t0061-run-command.sh
@@ -148,7 +148,8 @@ test_trace () {
 	expect="$1"
 	shift
 	GIT_TRACE=1 test-tool run-command "$@" run-command true 2>&1 >/dev/null | \
-		sed -e 's/.* run_command: //' -e '/trace: .*/d' >actual &&
+		sed -e 's/.* run_command: //' -e '/trace: .*/d' \
+			-e '/RUNTIME_PREFIX requested/d' >actual &&
 	echo "$expect true" >expect &&
 	test_cmp expect actual
 }
diff --git a/t/test-lib.sh b/t/test-lib.sh
index bf90aa500c23ca..72604ec4fb2e53 100644
--- a/t/test-lib.sh
+++ b/t/test-lib.sh
@@ -259,6 +259,8 @@ do
 		test -z "$HARNESS_ACTIVE" && quiet=t; shift ;;
 	--with-dashes)
 		with_dashes=t; shift ;;
+	--no-bin-wrappers)
+		no_bin_wrappers=t; shift ;;
 	--no-color)
 		color=; shift ;;
 	--va|--val|--valg|--valgr|--valgri|--valgrin|--valgrind)
@@ -1069,20 +1071,25 @@ then
 	PATH=$GIT_TEST_INSTALLED$PATH_SEP$GIT_BUILD_DIR/t/helper$PATH_SEP$PATH
 	GIT_EXEC_PATH=${GIT_TEST_EXEC_PATH:-$GIT_EXEC_PATH}
 else # normal case, use ../bin-wrappers only unless $with_dashes:
-	git_bin_dir="$GIT_BUILD_DIR/bin-wrappers"
-	if ! test -x "$git_bin_dir/git"
+	if test -n "$no_bin_wrappers"
 	then
-		if test -z "$with_dashes"
+		with_dashes=t
+	else
+		git_bin_dir="$GIT_BUILD_DIR/bin-wrappers"
+		if ! test -x "$git_bin_dir/git"
 		then
-			say "$git_bin_dir/git is not executable; using GIT_EXEC_PATH"
+			if test -z "$with_dashes"
+			then
+				say "$git_bin_dir/git is not executable; using GIT_EXEC_PATH"
+			fi
+			with_dashes=t
 		fi
-		with_dashes=t
+		PATH="$git_bin_dir$PATH_SEP$PATH"
 	fi
-	PATH="$git_bin_dir$PATH_SEP$PATH"
 	GIT_EXEC_PATH=$GIT_BUILD_DIR
 	if test -n "$with_dashes"
 	then
-		PATH="$GIT_BUILD_DIR$PATH_SEP$PATH"
+		PATH="$GIT_BUILD_DIR$PATH_SEP$GIT_BUILD_DIR/t/helper$PATH_SEP$PATH"
 	fi
 fi
 GIT_TEMPLATE_DIR="$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/templates/blt
@@ -1106,7 +1113,7 @@ test -d "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/templates/blt || {
 	error "You haven't built things yet, have you?"
 }
 
-if ! test -x "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/t/helper/test-tool
+if ! test -x "$GIT_BUILD_DIR"/t/helper/test-tool$X
 then
 	echo >&2 'You need to build test-tool:'
 	echo >&2 'Run "make t/helper/test-tool" in the source (toplevel) directory'